Music and the Tamil landscape have been inseparable, right from the Sangam Era. Three such personalities were the Tamilisai Moovar — Muthuthandavar, Marimutha Pillai, and Arunachala Kavirayar — who composed conventional kritis in Tamil and made invaluable contributions to the evolution of Carnatic music. Though there is no authentic information on the exact period during which Muthuthandavar lived, the Tamil …
